Synonyms for Dawdle:

• n.

  •
  • go-slow,
  • slow off the blocks/mark,
  • drag your feet/heels.
  •
  • fast.
  •
  • industrious,
  • idle,
  • waste,
  • trifle away,
  • while,
  • wile,
  • fiddle away.
  •
  • labor.
  •
  • work.
  •dally (noun)
  • dally.
  •loaf (noun)
  • study at loiter.

• v.

  •amble (verb)
  • gandered,
  • hoofing it,
  • boogieing,
  • hoofs it,
  • gandering.
  •delay (verb)
  • de-lays,
  • re-pressing,
  • pro-tracts,
  • pro rogue,
  • holds over,
  • pro longing,
  • gained time,
  • dis courages,
  • gaining time,
  • laying over,
  • pro-rogued,
  • re pressing,
  • re-presses,
  • lays over,
  • inter fere,
  • de-tains,
  • pro rogued,
  • re press,
  • bides time,
  • pro-longing,
  • de-tain,
  • dis courage,
  • pre vents,
  • de-laying,
  • pro roguing,
  • post-pone,
  • pro rogues,
  • de-lay,
  • de tain,
  • bode time,
  • pre-vent,
  • pro long,
  • pro tracts,
  • pro-roguing,
  • pro tract,
  • inter-feres,
  • pro-longs,
  • re strict,
  • post pones,
  • with holds,
  • pro-rogues,
  • pre vent,
  • de tains,
  • biding time,
  • pre venting,
  • with holding,
  • pro-rogue,
  • with held,
  • pre-vented,
  • inter feres,
  • pre-vents,
  • re presses,
  • bided time,
  • pro-long,
  • de lays,
  • pro longs,
  • with-held,
  • with-holds,
  • dis-courage,
  • post pone,
  • de laying,
  • intermits,
  • laid over,
  • pro-longed,
  • de lay,
  • with-hold,
  • pre-venting,
  • inter-fere,
  • with hold,
  • re pressed,
  • pro-tract,
  • re-strict,
  • post-pones,
  • dis-courages,
  • gains time.
  •delay; waste time (verb)
  • bum around,
  • tarry,
  • hang around,
  • scrounge around,
  • loaf,
  • saunter,
  • mosey,
  • shlep along,
  • diddle-daddle,
  • sit on one's butt,
  • toddle,
  • wait,
  • fritter away,
  • stay,
  • laze,
  • stroll,
  • warm a chair,
  • lazy.
  •dilly-dally (verb)
  • dilly dally,
  • moves slowly,
  • moved slowly,
  • hem haw.
  •drag (verb)
  • are quiescent,
  • wast delayed,
  • art delayed,
  • being delayed,
  • art quiescent,
  • is quiescent,
  • encountering difficulty,
  • encounters difficulty,
  • are delayed,
  • encountered difficulty,
  • was quiescent,
  • slows down,
  • am quiescent,
  • am delayed,
  • slowing down,
  • were delayed,
  • wast quiescent,
  • trailing behind,
  • trailed behind,
  • is delayed,
  • trails behind,
  • wert quiescent,
  • being quiescent,
  • lagged behind,
  • limps along,
  • limped along,
  • lags behind.
  •lag (verb)
  • de-crease,
  • drags ones feet,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • de creasing,
  • drag ones feet,
  • am behind,
  • de creases,
  • got no place fast,
  • dragged one feet,
  • wast behind,
  • were behind,
  • de creased,
  • drags feet,
  • gotten no place fast,
  • losing strength,
  • art behind,
  • are behind,
  • dragging one feet,
  • lost strength,
  • was behind,
  • drags one's feet,
  • de crease,
  • inched along,
  • slowing up,
  • gat no place fast,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • drags one feet,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • is behind,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • wert behind,
  • inching along,
  • drag one feet,
  • inches along,
  • getting no place fast,
  • de-creases,
  • de-creasing,
  • dragging feet,
  • gets no place fast,
  • de-creased,
  • dragged feet,
  • slows up,
  • loses strength.
  •linger (verb)
  • being dilatory,
  • takes time,
  • sitting around,
  • is dilatory,
  • took time,
  • art tardy,
  • art long,
  • am long,
  • wert dilatory,
  • sticks around,
  • takes ones time,
  • am dilatory,
  • sits around,
  • waiting around,
  • wast long,
  • sticked around,
  • taking one time,
  • re maining,
  • re main,
  • take ones time,
  • am tardy,
  • was long,
  • takes one time,
  • were dilatory,
  • are long,
  • were long,
  • took one's time,
  • took one time,
  • taking ones time,
  • waits around,
  • wert tardy,
  • taking time,
  • stuck around,
  • was dilatory,
  • is tardy,
  • are dilatory,
  • was tardy,
  • takes one's time,
  • re-mains,
  • re-main,
  • were tardy,
  • sate around,
  • re mained,
  • is long,
  • wert long,
  • being tardy,
  • waited around,
  • re mains,
  • take one time,
  • sticking around,
  • took ones time,
  • art dilatory,
  • are tardy,
  • wast tardy,
  • being long,
  • sat around,
  • wast dilatory.
  •loiter (verb)
  • passed time,
  • passing time,
  • passes time.
  •loll (verb)
  • hung loose,
  • re-sting,
  • re-lax,
  • re sting,
  • hangs loose,
  • re-clines,
  • hanged loose,
  • re-cline,
  • re cline,
  • re clines,
  • re lax.
  •lounge (verb)
  • re pose,
  • re-pose,
  • takes easy,
  • took easy,
  • re posed,
  • take easy,
  • took it easy,
  • re-posed,
  • taking easy.
  •mess around (verb)
  • amused oneself,
  • mucks around,
  • amuses oneself,
  • mucking around,
  • plays fool,
  • plays the fool,
  • played the fool,
  • playing fool,
  • amusing oneself,
  • play fool,
  • mucked around,
  • played fool,
  • playing the fool.
  •motion (verb)
  • dawdle.
  •poke (verb)
  • schlepped along,
  • schlepps along,
  • schlepping along.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • filibuster,
  • vacillate,
  • stall,
  • hesitate.
  •put off (verb)
  • re scheduling,
  • re-schedules,
  • re-scheduling,
  • re-scheduled,
  • re scheduled,
  • re schedules,
  • puts back,
  • re-schedule,
  • re schedule,
  • putting back.
  •retard (verb)
  • bring screeching halt,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • retardating,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • re duces,
  • re-duces,
  • chokes off,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • re duce,
  • hanged up,
  • re-duce,
  • hanging up,
  • retardated,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • closes off.
  •shilly-shally (verb)
  • art irresolute,
  • wert irresolute,
  • were irresolute,
  • shilly shally,
  • are irresolute,
  • wast irresolute,
  • am irresolute,
  • was irresolute,
  • being irresolute,
  • blow hot cold,
  • is irresolute.
  •straggle (verb)
  • art late,
  • is late,
  • were late,
  • poking around,
  • wert late,
  • am late,
  • was late,
  • strings out,
  • wast late,
  • are late,
  • poked around,
  • stringed out,
  • being late,
  • pokes around.
  •trail (verb)
  • bedogs,
  • poked along,
  • be-dogged,
  • brought the rear,
  • ex tending,
  • hanged down,
  • tags along,
  • falls behind,
  • follow scent,
  • pokes along,
  • following scent,
  • dropt back,
  • brings the rear,
  • be dog,
  • follows a scent,
  • nosed out,
  • bedogged,
  • ex tend,
  • brings up the rear,
  • bringing the rear,
  • ex-tends,
  • tagging along,
  • brought up rear,
  • ex-tended,
  • hung down,
  • ex-tending,
  • ex tends,
  • followed scent,
  • poking along,
  • noses out,
  • followed a scent,
  • tagged along,
  • spoored,
  • ex tended,
  • bedogging,
  • drops back,
  • fell behind,
  • be dogs,
  • be dogged,
  • bringing rear,
  • be dogging,
  • brings up rear,
  • bring up rear,
  • hangs down,
  • be-dogging,
  • ex-tend,
  • brought rear,
  • brings rear,
  • bring the rear,
  • be-dog,
  • dropped back,
  • follows scent,
  • taking out after,
  • nosing out,
  • takes out after,
  • be-dogs,
  • dropping back,
  • took out after,
  • following a scent,
  • bring rear.
  •trifle (verb)
  • fools with,
  • fribbled,
  • indulged in,
  • are insincere,
  • fooling with,
  • art insincere,
  • indulges in,
  • mis used,
  • wast insincere,
  • plays with,
  • fooled with,
  • playing with,
  • mis using,
  • mis-used,
  • futzes around,
  • winks at,
  • wert insincere,
  • is insincere,
  • was insincere,
  • monkeys with,
  • messed with,
  • fribbles,
  • uses up,
  • were insincere,
  • winking at,
  • indulging in,
  • playing games with,
  • plays games with,
  • futzed around,
  • futzing around,
  • played games with,
  • being insincere,
  • monkeyed with,
  • mis-using,
  • messes with,
  • messing with,
  • monkeying with,
  • lollygagged.
  •waste time (verb)
  • burned daylight,
  • burning daylight,
  • taking own sweet time,
  • taking ones sweet time,
  • takes own sweet time,
  • take ones own sweet time,
  • whiling away the time,
  • take one's sweet time,
  • taking one's own sweet time,
  • take sweet time,
  • taking one sweet time,
  • passes the time,
  • took ones own sweet time,
  • took sweet time,
  • passing the time,
  • take own sweet time,
  • take one sweet time,
  • lost time,
  • taking one own sweet time,
  • took own sweet time,
  • losing time,
  • whiled away the time,
  • takes ones sweet time,
  • burnt daylight,
  • fiddles about,
  • taking one's sweet time,
  • whiles away time,
  • took one's sweet time,
  • whiled away time,
  • takes one sweet time,
  • passed the time,
  • takes one's own sweet time,
  • fritters away time,
  • burns daylight,
  • takes one's sweet time,
  • takes ones own sweet time,
  • took ones sweet time,
  • frittering away time,
  • took one own sweet time,
  • fiddled about,
  • took one's own sweet time,
  • loses time,
  • took one sweet time,
  • frittered away time,
  • fiddling about,
  • take ones sweet time,
  • takes sweet time,
  • taking sweet time,
  • whiles away the time,
  • takes one own sweet time,
  • take one own sweet time,
  • taking ones own sweet time,
  • whiling away time.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • chug,
  • sidle,
  • potter.
  •
  • overdo,
  • trundle,
  • swan.
  •
  • meander,
  • schlep,
  • nudge.
  •
  • inch.
  •
  • drift.
  •
  • edge,
  • ease.
  •
  • process.
  •
  • float.
  •
  • draw.
  •fool around
  • Idled,
  • Larked,
  • fooling around,
  • Larking,
  • idling,
  • idles.
  •mess around
  • Pottered,
  • amuse oneself,
  • Puddled,
  • potters,
  • play the fool,
  • Puddling,
  • muck around,
  • Pottering.
  •procrastinate
  • give the run around,
  • playing for time,
  • hangs fire,
  • play a waiting game,
  • plays for time,
  • let slide,
  • give run around,
  • hanging fire.
  •straggle
  • string out,
  • strung out,
  • stringing out,
  • poke around.
  •trifle
  • wink at,
  • leads on,
  • fool with,
  • Fribbling,
  • play games with,
  • used up,
  • mess with,
  • led on,
  • indulge in,
  • Trifled,
  • monkey with,
  • played with,
  • trifling,
  • Wantoning,
  • use up,
  • lollygags,
  • play with,
  • lollygagging,
  • lead on,
  • be insincere,
  • Wantoned,
  • futz around,
  • using up.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dormouse,
  • hold everything,
  • lollygag,
  • soft,
  • Lubbard,
  • get behind,
  • snail,
  • recidivate,
  • walk slowly,
  • laggard,
  • alternate,
  • flirt,
  • lumber,
  • proceed slowly,
  • moper,
  • coquet,
  • waver,
  • temporize,
  • elapse,
  • stray,
  • bootless,
  • hold your horses,
  • lug,
  • backside,
  • joke,
  • muck about,
  • mill about,
  • lie-abed,
  • slowpoke,
  • remain,
  • equivocate,
  • perform,
  • Fribble,
  • lazzarone,
  • demur,
  • hang in suspense,
  • putterer,
  • putter,
  • lag behind,
  • loiterer,
  • trotter,
  • hem and haw,
  • fluctuate,
  • Diddler,
  • clock watcher,
  • lollop,
  • pause,
  • do-nothing,
  • circumambulate,
  • coquette,
  • travel,
  • scapegrace,
  • Wabble,
  • idler,
  • yo-yo,
  • scamp,
  • balance,
  • imprison,
  • revert,
  • romance,
  • philander,
  • mike,
  • procrastinator,
  • tergiversate,
  • peregrinate,
  • lark about,
  • continue,
  • faineant,
  • hang,
  • inactive,
  • flag,
  • debate,
  • hack,
  • defer,
  • Haver,
  • pass,
  • draw up,
  • sloucher,
  • falter,
  • sleepyhead,
  • absorbent,
  • squishy,
  • extend,
  • go halfway,
  • slugabed,
  • conceited,
  • buttocks,
  • fool,
  • potterer,
  • sit tight,
  • waddle,
  • hang back,
  • plodder,
  • hindquarters,
  • time,
  • hang on,
  • lallygag,
  • linger on,
  • bide one's time,
  • think twice about,
  • dummy,
  • retrogress,
  • traipse,
  • be afraid,
  • swollen,
  • truant,
  • doodler,
  • retire,
  • time waster,
  • prevaricate,
  • buns,
  • egotistic,
  • mooch,
  • compromise,
  • declamatory,
  • dally with,
  • kill,
  • dallier,
  • spin out,
  • drop,
  • skulk,
  • dander,
  • drawl,
  • drag along,
  • butt,
  • be lost,
  • marmot,
  • recede,
  • gallivant,
  • drag out,
  • permeable,
  • hobo,
  • immure,
  • wait and see,
  • draw out,
  • put behind bars,
  • teeter-totter,
  • trifler,
  • recur,
  • sit up,
  • grovel,
  • stretch out,
  • shamble,
  • layabout,
  • abide,
  • hover,
  • lengthen,
  • turgid,
  • be obstructive,
  • range,
  • Loller,
  • fiddle-faddle,
  • dillydallier,
  • loafer,
  • voyage,
  • lubber,
  • goof,
  • mark time,
  • stick-in-the-mud,
  • lounger,
  • hedge,
  • footle,
  • slouch,
  • resort,
  • jaunt,
  • bombastic,
  • putter around,
  • fanny,
  • porous,
  • Draggle,
  • stagger,
  • lie about,
  • Weary Willie,
  • puffy,
  • hum and haw,
  • yielding,
  • lingerer,
  • prolong,
  • ramble,
  • mill around,
  • await,
  • jest,
  • play,
  • stiff,
  • doodle,
  • mope,
  • dawdling,
  • Droil,
  • vesicle,
  • give the run-around,
  • dillydally,
  • squashy,
  • slowly,
  • fundament,
  • stonewall,
  • boggle,
  • dolittle,
  • blister,
  • prowl,
  • mess about,
  • cyst,
  • stand over,
  • enact,
  • goof-off,
  • hang about,
  • ass,
  • lie over,
  • wander,
  • sluggard,
  • be late,
  • regress,
  • linger over,
  • bide,
  • lapse,
  • bugger,
  • microphone,
  • bide the issue,
  • crumb,
  • bloated,
  • rove,
  • sleeping partner,
  • hold on,
  • lotus-eater,
  • walk,
  • follow,
  • dawdler,
  • egotistical,
  • vain,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • See-saw,
  • perambulate,
  • backslide,
  • fruitless,
  • put away,
  • bottom,
  • be inactive,
  • chill,
  • dwell on,
  • soggy,
  • come close to,
  • spongelike,
  • butterfly,
  • halt,
  • stay up,
  • Mopus,
  • be about,
  • slug,
  • drop behind,
  • jug,
  • cruise,
  • mash,
  • tortoise,
  • gaol,
  • bugger about,
  • drone,
  • spongy,
  • incarcerate,
  • roam,
  • lurk,
  • play for time,
  • lounge about,
  • derriere,
  • limp,
  • chat up,
  • relapse,
  • goldbrick,
  • slumberer,
  • dither,
  • toy,
  • lagging,
  • goldbricker,
  • lose,
  • swither,
  • hobble,
  • shuffle,
  • inactivity,
  • lazybones,
  • mince,
  • jail,
  • hang fire,
  • bum.

Antonyms for Dawdle:

• v.

  • delay; waste time
    forward, hasten, run, speed, go, push, DO, hurry, rush.
  • Other antonyms:
    drudge, sweat, course, put out, outstrip, hump, exert, grub, plow, zip, peg, outrun, jog, grind, overtake, scud, travail, breeze, plod, toil, rip, dart, whiz, dash, bowl, moil, hustle, plug, work, trot, tear, barrel, whirl, quicken, labor, scramble, whisk, accelerate, catch up, outpace, stampede.

Homophones for Dawdle:

• dally, doddle, dolly, dal, dowel, doodle, deadly, dell, dl, detail, dahl, dail, dottle, dhal, delhi, deal, dual, dill, dol, diddle, dale, douala, doyly, dalea, doyley, do well, delay, dle, diol, dahlia, deli, dull, dali, doily, deathly, Daedal, dalo, day lily, duly, dottily, death toll, dial, dole, dowdily, dwell, duel, daily, doll, dhole, delilah, daylily.

Hyponym for Dawdle:

• v.

  • motion
    move.